NOURISHING PREFERENCES OF THE GREATER WAX MOTH WORMS (Galleria mellonella L .) WHEN THE FEEDIN

Results of studying nourishment preference of the greater wax moth worms on wax combs that vary in their pollen, honey, and metabolic wastes of bees in addition to the appearance ( dark and white ) combs and elasticity of wax base showed that the consumption of these substances varied. The study o...

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Main Author: Mahdi Mohammed Salih Saeed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: College of Agriculture 2008-06-01
Series:Mesopotamia Journal of Agriculture
Online Access:https://magrj.mosuljournals.com/article_27829_14bd3b7ba2a4edd9f33a0728d649102b.pdf
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description Results of studying nourishment preference of the greater wax moth worms on wax combs that vary in their pollen, honey, and metabolic wastes of bees in addition to the appearance ( dark and white ) combs and elasticity of wax base showed that the consumption of these substances varied. The study of modified multiple range Duncan's test at p=0.05 showed that the optimum nourishment,optimum time for transformation from larvae to mature insect , and largest number of eggs laid by females were of the dark colored combs that contain pollen and honey which reached (12.84gm/treatment, 32.57 days , 2039.0 eggs) respectively , and the lowest nourishment was for combs with non elastic basic wax averaging ( 5.84 grams / treatment , 47.43 days , and 56.0 eggs ) respectively , The statistical analysis of the simple correlation coefficient (r) has also revealed that theresults were significant between nourishment and both the number of eggs laid and time of transformation from larvae to mature insect throughout the study period at p= 0.01 while the correlation between the number of eggs laid and time of transformation from larvae to mature insect was less significant at p= 0.05.
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spelling doaj-art-8fdf90ee10904211b80989022df894e32025-08-20T03:38:08ZengCollege of AgricultureMesopotamia Journal of Agriculture1815-316X2224-97962008-06-0136219720110.33899/magrj.2008.2782927829NOURISHING PREFERENCES OF THE GREATER WAX MOTH WORMS (Galleria mellonella L .) WHEN THE FEEDINMahdi Mohammed Salih SaeedResults of studying nourishment preference of the greater wax moth worms on wax combs that vary in their pollen, honey, and metabolic wastes of bees in addition to the appearance ( dark and white ) combs and elasticity of wax base showed that the consumption of these substances varied. The study of modified multiple range Duncan's test at p=0.05 showed that the optimum nourishment,optimum time for transformation from larvae to mature insect , and largest number of eggs laid by females were of the dark colored combs that contain pollen and honey which reached (12.84gm/treatment, 32.57 days , 2039.0 eggs) respectively , and the lowest nourishment was for combs with non elastic basic wax averaging ( 5.84 grams / treatment , 47.43 days , and 56.0 eggs ) respectively , The statistical analysis of the simple correlation coefficient (r) has also revealed that theresults were significant between nourishment and both the number of eggs laid and time of transformation from larvae to mature insect throughout the study period at p= 0.01 while the correlation between the number of eggs laid and time of transformation from larvae to mature insect was less significant at p= 0.05.https://magrj.mosuljournals.com/article_27829_14bd3b7ba2a4edd9f33a0728d649102b.pdf
spellingShingle Mahdi Mohammed Salih Saeed
NOURISHING PREFERENCES OF THE GREATER WAX MOTH WORMS (Galleria mellonella L .) WHEN THE FEEDIN
Mesopotamia Journal of Agriculture
title NOURISHING PREFERENCES OF THE GREATER WAX MOTH WORMS (Galleria mellonella L .) WHEN THE FEEDIN
title_full NOURISHING PREFERENCES OF THE GREATER WAX MOTH WORMS (Galleria mellonella L .) WHEN THE FEEDIN
title_fullStr NOURISHING PREFERENCES OF THE GREATER WAX MOTH WORMS (Galleria mellonella L .) WHEN THE FEEDIN
title_full_unstemmed NOURISHING PREFERENCES OF THE GREATER WAX MOTH WORMS (Galleria mellonella L .) WHEN THE FEEDIN
title_short NOURISHING PREFERENCES OF THE GREATER WAX MOTH WORMS (Galleria mellonella L .) WHEN THE FEEDIN
title_sort nourishing preferences of the greater wax moth worms galleria mellonella l when the feedin
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